If you are a child, parent, carer, early years provider or anyone working with children and young people and are looking for recipes, ideas of food activities, or support around planning and shopping for family meals, then visit the pages below for further information.
- Take me to Recipes
- Take me to Resources & Links
Activities, Colouring Sheets & Puzzles
Activity Ideas and Resources (Food A Fact of Life)- Healthy Living Resources for Children – Eat Move Learn (World Cancer Research Fund)
- School – Lesson Plans (Veg Power) – Exploring food from around the world.
- Resources and Activity Sheets (Veg Power) – Make learning about food fun. From posters to puzzles to teaching aids and much more.
- Food Lab (Parent Club) – Get the whole family involved in trying new foods –transform your kitchen into a lab and your kids into food sampling scientists.
- Eat, Move and Learn (World Cancer Research Fund)
Factsheets & Posters
Food Facts (British Dietetic Association) – Our Food Fact Sheets are written by dietitians to help you learn the best ways to eat and drink to keep your body fit and healthy. Lots of useful information – Healthy packed lunches and snacks, Autism and Diet, Healthy Breakfast and much more…- Factsheets (Nutrition Scotland)
- Food Skills and Cooking Techniques – Poster (Food A Fact of Life)
- Posters (Food A Fact of Life)
Meal Planners, Reward Charts & Calendars
Meal Planning Guide (Parent Club) – with printable shopping list and meal plan templates.- Meal Planner (Parent Club)
- Resources to download, including a shopping list (Parent Club)
- Reward Chart (VegPower)
- Eat the Rainbow – Wallchart (VegPower)
- Seasonal Fruit and Veg Calendar (Nutrition Scotland)
- Seasonal Veg Guide (VegPower)
Online Interactive Games and Quizzes
- Interactive Eatwell Guide (Food Standards Scotland)
- Interactive Games and Quizzes (Food A Fact of Life) – A selection of interactive games and quizzes to support learning from home.
- Online Interactive Nutrition Games (Food Standards Scotland) – Education resources that deliver food safety and healthy eating messages.
- 10 minute Shake Up Games (Better Health, Healthier Families) – Get the kids moving with these fun games inspired by some of their favourite Disney characters.
Tools and Apps
Better Health – Apps and Tools (NHS) – Lots of great free tools to support you and your family improve aspects for your wellbeing.- Food Portion Calculator (Love Food Hate Waste) – Your guide to perfect portion sizes.
- Food Scanner App (NHS) – Better Health, Healthier Families.
- Food Switch App (Action on Salt) – A free app that can help you make healthier food choices.
Other Useful Websites and Further Information
- Active Schools – provides kids with the opportunity to easily take part in sport and physical activity before, during and after school. Find out what’s happening in your area:
- Anxiety UK – offers support, advice and information on a range of anxiety, stress and depression conditions.
- Childline – an online community where you can get support from your peers on message boards and use expert resources.
- Family Support Directory – brings together all the helpful organisations, benefits and money advice and information that can support parents and carers.
- Love Food Hate Waste – packed full of top tips and recipes on how to save money, reduce food waste and help save our planet.
- Parent Club – for Baby Box and all your parenting needs.
- Physical Activity – these web pages have details of how to become more active, the benefits of physical activity and the services and support available, in your local area, to help you and your family become more active.
- Teen Sleep Hub – packed full of information, advice, quizzes, hints and tips on how to get a better night’s sleep.
- Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods (Parent Club) – These are payments that help towards the costs of being pregnant or looking after a child. They’re part of the 5 family payments you may be able to get from Social Security Scotland. Find out if you’re entitled to this family benefit.
- Community Nutrition (NHS Forth Valley)
- Choose To Lose (NHS Forth Valley)
- Food Standards Scotland
- First Steps Nutrition
- Love Food, Hate Waste
- Parent Club
- Play Scotland
- Simply Veg
- Veg Power
- Eat, Move and Learn (WCRF)
- Worrying about Money? – Clackmannanshire – Independent Food Aid Network
- Worrying about Money? – Falkirk – Independent Food Aid Network
- Worrying about Money? – Stirling – Independent Food Aid Network